gREAtimes - The Gravesend Sapper

GRAVESEND & DISTRICT
ROYAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION
SERVICE NOT SELF
Issue No. 34
UBIQUE
gREAtimes
President
Richard Bardsley
GRAVESEND and DISTRICT
REA NEWS LETTER
June 2016
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BRANCH NEWS
COMMITTEE
MEMBERS
BRANCH MEETING DATES 2016
1930 HRS. AT GRAVESHAM COURT
Chairman
Mick Dobson
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Hon. Secretary.
and Standard Bearer
Ray Ellis
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Hon. Treasurer
Press Officer
David Spurgeon
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Welfare Officer
Ken Trevor
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Entertainments Officer
Vacant
Relief Standard Bearer
Brian Frost
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SSAFA Representative
Mary Walker
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Branch Padre
Rev. Graham Herbert
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Tuesday 5th. July.
Tuesday 2nd. August.
Tuesday 6th. September.
Tuesday 4th. October.
Tuesday 1st. November.
Tuesday 6th. December.
Sun. 12th June
POPPY PICNIC New Tavern Fort Gravesend
12­00pm to 4­30pm
Details of the poppy picnic
June 12th 2016 12:00 until 16:30 New tavern fort gravesend
Live music, stalls, refreshments, vehicle displays,
fort magazines and chantry.
Live on, To the memory of the fallen and the future of the living !
These events for 2016 have been notified to HQ
REA:
10 – 12 June Chilwell Weekend
09 June Royal Hospital Chelsea Founder’s Day Parade
4 June Trooping the Colour – Colonel’s Review
8 ­ 9 June Beating Retreat, London
11 June Queen’s Birthday Parade
29 – 31 July Minley Weekend
16 ­ 18 September Corps Memorial Weekend
08 October REA AGM and Annual Dinner
09 October Sapper Sunday at Royal Hospital Chelsea
10 November Field of Remembrance, Westminster Abbey
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
Dave Spurgeon in June
and Ray Ellis in July.
BRANCH NEWS CONTINUED
Branch meeting Tuesday 3rd April
We were pleased to welcome an honoured guest to the meeting, Jack Alan, older brother of Don.
Jack is here visiting family and friends, having travelled from his home in Tasmania. Chairman
Mick Dobson, presented Jack with an engraved plate to mark his visit.
We also enjoyed a presentation by members of the Gravesend RNLI. Ian and Tina Smith and their
colleague Peter Birthright gave a very interesting and informative presentation about the
Gravesend life boat. Gravesend has had a lifeboat station since 2002 and Tina was one of the
original volunteer crew. Ian and Peter are full time members and are both helmsmen.
The annual branch photographs were taken at this meeting, some including our guests and the
ladies (friends of the branch).
BRANCH DINNER
Celebrating Sapper 300
Branch Sapper 300 Dinner 10th May
Members of the branch and their guests, assembled at the 3 Daws pub in Gravesend,
for an informal dinner, celebrating 300 years of the ‘Sapper’.
A very enjoyable social evening was had by all,
and it was a pleasure to meet the family and guests of members.
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Civic Service
St Georges Church Gravesend
A Civic Service, in honour of the inauguration of the new Mayor of Gravesend, The Worshipful the Mayor
of Gravesend, Councillor Greta Goatley, was held at St Georges Church on Sunday 15th May 2016.
In attendance were many Gravesend councillors, members of the congregation, and branch members: ­
Mick, Ken, Dave, Jamie and Roy, not forgetting our stalwart supporters, Mary and Angela.
The national standard and the Gads Hill School ACF standard were paraded by cadets.
The branch standard was carried by Ray Ellis.
Refreshments were served in the church hall after the service.
PLACES OF INTEREST TO VISIT IN KENT
Westgate Gardens
Address: Westgate Grove,
Canterbury CT1 2BQ, England
Phone Number: 01227 475 202
Kent & East Sussex Railway
Address: Tenterden Town Station,
Station Road, Tenterden TN30 6HE, England
Phone Number: 01580 765155
TEXTING FOR SENIORS
Since more and more seniors are texting and tweeting we need an STC (Senior Texting Code).
Please pass this on to your Children and Grandchildren so they can understand your texts.
ATD: At The Doctor's
BTW: Bring the Wheelchair
BYOT: Bring Your Own Teeth
CGU: Can't get up
DWI: Driving While Incontinent
FWIW: Forgot Where I Was
GGPBL: Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low!
GHA: Got Heartburn Again
HGBM: Had Good Bowel Movement
IMHO: Is My Hearing­Aid On?
LMDO: Laughing My Dentures Out
OMMR: On My Massage Recliner
OMSG: Oh My! Sorry, Gas.
ROFL... CGU: Rolling On the Floor Laughing.... and Can't Get Up
WAITT: Who Am I Talking To?
WTP: Where's The Prunes?
WWNO: Walker Wheels Need Oil
GGLKI: (Gotta Go, Laxative Kicking In)
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Summer lamb with carrot & fennel salad
Ingredients
450g lamb neck fillet
olive oil
juice 1 lime
1 tbsp fennel seed toasted and roughly
crushed
1 carrot, grated
1 small red onion, finely chopped
4 pitta breads
2 Little Gem lettuces, leaves separated
Method
Rub the lamb with a little oil and half the lime juice, then season with salt and
pepper. Barbecue or cook in a hot griddle pan for 10­15 mins, turning occasionally.
Remove from the heat, cover with foil and set aside to rest.
Meanwhile, whisk the remaining lime juice and the fennel seeds together with some
salt and pepper and a little olive oil in a large bowl. Add the carrot and red onion,
then mix well.
Warm the pitta breads on the barbecue or griddle pan, then make a slit in each to
form a pocket. Slice the lamb and stuff into the pittas with the carrot salad and
lettuce leaves.
Interesting but usless information
Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines
because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated above 450F.
In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage.
Catching it meant she accepted.
When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight.
Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15000 meters.
The first testicular guard, the "Cup," was used in Hockey in 1874
and the first helmet was used in 1974.
That means it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important.
(Ladies ... Stop Laughing )
AND FINALLY
Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
He's not dead. He's electroencephalographically challenged.
Latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the world
population.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.
Of course I talk to myself, sometimes I need expert advice.
Oops! Did I roll my eyes out loud?
If you have any thoughts, anecdotes, jokes or notices for
inclusion in our August News Letter, please contact
Dave Spurgeon on 01474711199 or by email,
davidspurgeon@o2.co.uk
Your News Letter is compiled and edited by
Dave Spurgeon
and Printed by Darenth Print & Design Ltd.
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